Weeley

The Black Boy Inn

Weeley is a small village in Tendring, East Essex, England. The population of the parish at the 2011 Census was 1,768.[1] It is served by Weeley railway station on the Sunshine Coast Line. It has bus links to Clacton-on-Sea and Colchester.

The parish church is St Andrew's, Weeley,[2] which shares a priest with neighbouring Little Clacton. There is a Church of England voluntary aided primary school, also dedicated to St Andrew, which traces its foundation to the early date of 1797.[3]

Weeley has two small local parks, and was host to the Weeley Festival in August 1971. Other local facilities include a village hall, a McDonald's, famously attended by Chelsea manager José Mourinho [4] and a Premier Inn.

Weeley has a personal weather station in the village, which provides 24/7 live weather conditions and weather forecasts for the area.

References

  1. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Parish details from the diocesan website.
  3. ↑ History section of school website.
  4. ↑ .
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Coordinates: 51°51′N 1°07′E / 51.850°N 1.117°E / 51.850; 1.117


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